Chapter 246: Heading South
Ma Fengyue first encouraged many brothers, and also rewarded the meritorious heroes of this war, and then took all the brothers together to mourn for the dead Elder Qi and other brothers, and knelt on the ground to pray for the disabled brothers.
Everyone experienced this war and admired Zilong's five-body throw, and they all competed to let Zilong pass on his kung fu to them a move and a half, Zilong spent life and death with them, naturally not to wipe everyone's face, after the prayer, Zilong took them to practice martial arts.
Ma Fengyue was overjoyed for a while when she watched her child not only achieve fame but also be a hero, but then thought about Zilong and Wan'er's marriage, and couldn't help but have tears in her eyes, how could she be willing to hurt Zilong's heart?
"Mother, why are you crying?" On the side, Miao Ling saw that Ma Fengyue was still happy, but suddenly burst into tears, and asked for some reason.
"It's okay, Ling'er, my mother cried when I saw that your eldest brother had returned safely now, and he had made this great contribution and saved our people in Ningxia!"
Miao Ling listened to Ma Fengyue's words, and agreed very much, looking at the eldest brother's heroic posture, handsome and chic, he couldn't help but sigh: "Mother, the eldest brother is really capable, whether it is the art of war or the strategy of Wen Taowu, I regard the eldest brother as an idol, haha!"
"Silly girl, why did you suddenly smirk at your eldest brother. Ma Fengyue asked with a smile.
"Mother, you can't guess why I'm smirking!" Miao Ling replied with a laugh.
"Why?" Ma Fengyue asked curiously, knowing what she was thinking.
"I thought of the time when my mother didn't recognize my eldest brother before, and my relationship with my eldest brother was incompatible, and I wanted to kill him, but now I really became my idol, mother, don't you say it's ridiculous?"
Ma Fengyue laughed out loud after hearing this, and then sighed.
Suddenly, Miao Ling opened his mouth and said, "Mother, how good would it be if the eldest brother was not my eldest brother?"
Ma Fengyue was taken aback when she heard this, and reprimanded with a straight face: "You dead girl, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Miao Ling laughed out loud when she saw her mother so seriously, and explained: "Mother, you misunderstood, what I want to say is that if the eldest brother is not my eldest brother, then my daughter will definitely compete with Miss Wan'er and let the eldest brother be my husband! You don't know how envious the eldest brother and Wan'er were on the day they got engaged!"
Ma Fengyue was already particularly opposed to the engagement, but when she heard Miao Lingyi say it at this moment, she was even more angry and said: "The engagement is not allowed to be mentioned again, without my consent, this marriage is not counted!"
After speaking, Ma Fengyue saw that she was angry, turned around and walked into the camp, leaving Miao Ling, who was stunned there, at a loss.
By the time Zilong finished training, the brothers of the Fengyue Gang had already set, and Miao Ling spent an afternoon not understanding why his mother was opposed to the eldest brother and Wan'er's engagement, and he didn't know if Zilong knew about it, so he decided to wait for Zilong to finish training and talk to the eldest brother.
The siblings sat on the hillside outside the camp and watched the sunset.
During the exchange, Miao Ling learned that Zilong had known about his mother's objection, and thought to himself what to do?
"Brother, let's go to my mother to ask for clarification! See if there is room for redemption, otherwise you really have to withdraw from the marriage, do you think your sister-in-law will still have the face to see people in the future? I'm really afraid that she won't be able to stand this blow!"
"My sister is right, the news of our engagement has already spread all over the world, I can't damage Wan'er's reputation, and I will never let Wan'er down!"
"Then what should you do if my mother is insistent on objecting?" Miao Ling asked with a frown.
Zilong also fell silent for a while, and only after a long time did he say: "I can't go against my mother's wishes, I can't be an unfilial son, sister, I'm really in a dilemma......"
Seeing Zilong struggling in his heart, Miao Ling's nose was sour, and he also sighed deeply, not knowing what to say for a while.
In this way, the brother and sister were silent for a long time, and finally Miao Ling broke the silence and took Zilong's hand and comforted: "Brother, don't be sad, let's go home and ask our mother!"
Zilong shook his head and said: "I can see that my mother is unwilling to say the reason for opposing my engagement with Wan'er, otherwise, when I go to pick up my mother, she will say it, and I don't want to make my mother angry, now that my mother has just been picked up, her body is very haggard, I think I will wait for us to return to Ningxia, and then find the right time to ask, what do you say, sister?"
"What my brother said is right, my mother is waiting for you to come back these days, and her body is really haggard, so let's go back and don't ask about it first, we want to make my mother happy, maybe my mother will agree to the marriage of the eldest brother and Wan'er as soon as she is happy!"
"Ling'er will coax the eldest brother to be happy, where is the mother so easy to coax? Let's go!"
Zilong took his sister's hand and stood up and walked towards the tent.
Two days later, Zilong received an order for the army to march south!
In addition to the necessary border wall guards, the rest of the 100,000 troops of the triumphant division of the army all went south, and after arriving in Ningxia, they rested and recuperated, and then returned to their original defense areas.
Xu Guangzuo also took advantage of this time, together with Wei Bin and Min Yushi, to finalize the first hero of this battle, this is Xu Zilong, the guerrilla general of Hetao!
Originally, Wei Bin was still blindly opposed, but Zilong's credit was indeed beyond reproach, if Zilong hadn't gone south this time, he was afraid that the Great Wall would have broken.
The second is Min Yushi! Although this Min Yushi has lost face several times by Zilong, the integrity of the scholar is still there after all. Although he didn't have a very good impression of Zilong, he still dealt with it impartially.
Therefore, Min Yushi and Xu Guangzuo applied together, and this first work was decided.
Then the three high-level leaders finalized the other meritorious personnel of this battle in turn!
In order to help Zilong achieve this first achievement, Xu Guangzuo had no choice but to give the second merit to Yu Guerrilla, who was guarding Chonggang, and it was no surprise that this person would also be promoted to a higher level.
Although he is the prince of King An, there should not be much room for rewards, but this time he first raised grain and grass in the rear, and then personally led the army, and together with the guerrillas, to defend Chonggang, which can be regarded as a major key in this battle. In addition, the three of them were all aiming for King An's face, so they gave this third merit to Zhu Zhi.
The rest of the many credits naturally do not need to be listed one by one.
After adjudicating the merits, Xu Guangzuo personally wrote it and wrote it into a fold, and Min Yushi and Wei Bin also seconded it, and then found a messenger to rush back to the capital for 800 miles.
After doing all this, it was natural that the army would return to Ningxia. The Great Wall is less than 100 miles away from Ningxia, but the army is no less than 100,000 or tens of thousands, and at this time, it is not wartime, so the natural marching speed cannot be fast.
On this road, it was two days of walking.
During this period, Xu Guangzuo also invited Zilong to several banquets, chatted with Zilong, and talked about the current politics from poetry and songs.
Zilong has not received much education since he was a child, and although this poetry and song endowment, with the help of Wan'er, has also made considerable progress, but it can't be achieved overnight, and when he chats with Xu Guangzuo, he is mostly an observer.
Fortunately, Wan'er knew Zilong's situation, and she always accompanied Zilong to attend, so naturally she also rounded this time for Zilong.
As for the pros and cons of current politics, although this is not Zilong's strength.
But Zilong's background is not high, it can be said that he comes from the people, and he understands the people's sufferings the most.
Therefore, when chatting with Xu Guangzuo, it opened a new horizon for Xu Guangzuo.
Although Xu Guangzuo does not agree with some words every time, Xu Guangzuo is also extremely satisfied, knowing that this person is not only good at martial arts, but also good at the way of battle formation, and this governance is also quite insightful, and it is really worth investing in!
In this way, Xu Guangzuo was even more happy, and when he chatted with Zilong, he talked very happily.
When they arrived in the suburbs of Ningxia, Xu Guangzuo and Zilong were already talking about everything, as if they had forgotten their friendship.
This made Zilong, Wan'er and even Ma Fengyue very happy!
The only thing that made Zilong a little depressed and Wan'er a little unhappy was Ma Fengyue's attitude towards Wan'er and Zilong together.
Zilong was embarrassed, so he had to take the time to explain to Wan'er.
Originally, Wan'er was still a little unhappy, but later she heard Zilong's strong explanation that Ma Fengyue was angry that she was engaged without authorization, but she didn't agree for the time being, and Wan'er could only slowly let go.
Both of them are looking forward to slowly making Ma Fengyue's anger disappear, and they will change their minds and agree to their family affairs.
In this way, there were joys and sorrows, and the army slowly approached the outside of Ningxia City.
King An had already received the date of the army's division, and mobilized the people of Ningxia in advance to come ten miles outside the city to welcome the victory of the army.
These people have been on the frontier for a long time, so they naturally know what will happen if the northern Mongols break the Great Wall.
At this time, seeing the triumph of the army and keeping the peace of Ningxia, these Ningxia people were all eating pot pulp and came to welcome the army.
This real event was unfurled, firecrackers rang out, and cheers continued.
The people were extremely happy, and the officers and men of the three armies were also rejoicing, and they were the most happy.
King An led the military and political dignitaries of Ningxia, and saw Xu Guangzuo and the three of them leading Zilong and other generals from a distance, and they couldn't help but greet them. Not far from Xu Guangzuo's horse, King An shook himself to the ground and said: "This king led the officials and people of Ningxia to welcome the triumph of the king! Congratulations to the Duke of Dingguo, Min Yushi, Duke Wei and all the generals for their victory, and create more glory for our Ming Dynasty!"
On that day, at the invitation of King An, everyone participated in the celebration dinner carefully prepared by King An.